The A.M. READ newsletter is a news tipsheet highlighting LGBTQ+ news and HRC updates. It covers a wide range of topics from breaking news to politics to LGBTQ+ pop culture to sports and everything in between.

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HRCF’s DISMANTLING A CULTURE OF VIOLENCE REPORT PROVIDES ACTIONABLE STEPS IN SUPPORTING THE TRANSGENDER AND GENDER EXPANSIVE COMMUNITY: Ahead of Trans Day of Remembrance, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation today released its Dismantling a Culture of Violence report which offers a framework to understanding the causes of fatal violence against the trans and gender-expansive community in the United States. In addition to focusing on the factors that influence violence against the trans and gender-expansive community, the report provides resources to help make our society a safer place for transgender and gender-expansive people. To read the full Fatal Violence report, visit here. To read the Dismantling a Culture of Violence report visit here.

HOUSE REPUBLICAN INTRODUCES ANTI-TRANSGENDER BATHROOM BAN IN CAPITOL: Only shortly after Congress welcomed its first out transgender member, Rep.-elect and former HRC National Press Secretary Sarah McBride, Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina introduced a resolution that would restrict transgender members of Congress, officers, and staff from using the bathroom that aligns with their gender identity in the Capitol. “This is a blatant attempt from far right-wing extremists to distract from the fact that they have no real solutions to what Americans are facing,” said Rep.-elect Sarah McBride. This measure, if taken up by the U.S. House, would not require passage by the Senate or a signature from the president and would be enforced by the House sergeant-at-arms. “It is also another warning sign that the incoming anti-equality House majority will continue to focus on targeting LGBTQ+ people rather than the cost of living, price gouging or any of the problems the American people elected them to solve,” said HRC spokesperson Laurel Powell. Read more about this resolution here.

MOVEMENT LEADERS ON WHAT COMES NEXT FOR TRANS AMERICANS: While LGBTQ+ Americans, especially those who identify as trans and gender-expansive, confront the impact of the re-election of Donald Trump, movement leaders prepare to fight back harder than ever against the oppressive objectives of Project 2025. “A majority of voters found the anti-trans advertisements were just mean-spirited,” said HRC’s Vice President of Legal Sarah Warbelow, noting that the Trump campaign’s rhetoric in the final weeks of his campaign did not reflect the views of most Americans. “There’s so much love. Love is still out there, and that is not what this election was about.” The Transgender Law Center’s Heron Greensmith added that while fears about the future are totally justified, there’s no time to worry. “This is why we can’t catastrophize at this moment, because catastrophization is white supremacy,” they said. “All the things that White people fear, Black people, Indigenous folks, migrants have been facing for centuries.” Andrea Jenkins, the first Black trans woman elected to public office in the U.S. adds, “What I will say to my sisters out there is we got to stand strong. We’ve got to organize. We’ve got to build systems of support for each other.” Read more from Kate Sosin here.

SPOTLIGHT STORY

AP — CHILE CELEBRATES PRIDE WITH DEMANDS TO THE GOVERNMENT: Thousands of Chileans took to the streets of Santiago on Saturday to celebrate Pride and demand equality. “There is not much equality, but I believe that with each passing year, there is more equality, there is not as much discrimination as before,” says attendee Gloria Fernández. Drag performers danced on floats while marchers hold signs reading “Equality for the children.” Catch a glimpse of the celebration, in a video shot by Alexandre Plaza, here.